Restaurants Manchester

Unprepossessing façade hides a pleasantly decorated eatery with good value, no-nonsense cooking featuring a decidedly strong Lancashire base and the famous Bury Black Pudding.

Stone-built inn overlooking Saddleworth Moor, boasting a large dark wood bar, exposed beams, open fires and photos of the owner's mountain travels. Good-sized menus display modern, brasserie-style dishes and a few pub classics - and at very reasonabl..

Modern restaurant in hotel basement, featuring subdued lighting and a sophisticated style. Contemporary British cooking, with some Mediterranean influences. Tasting menu and matching wines.

Richly decorated, two-roomed brasserie with intimate candlelit booths, set in a stylish hotel that was once an old cotton warehouse and dolls hospital. Menu offers unfussy British classics.

Friendly, modern restaurant with floor to ceiling windows. Keenly priced, seasonal menus offer classic dishes presented in a modern style. Popular, bi-monthly themed evenings.

Well-run restaurant off busy square. Narrow room with linen-clad tables, comfy booths, terracotta army replicas and Hong Kong skyline murals. Extensive menu of authentic Cantonese dim sum.

Relaxed, minimalist brasserie and bar, with colour-changing strip lighting and buzzy atmosphere. Extensive menu of modern British dishes, with some lighter meals available. Popular with shoppers.

Smart restaurant with stylish, colour-changing lighting and oversized windows offering big wheel and city views. Elaborate modern European menu with interesting twists; good presentation.

Airy first-floor restaurant with river views; vast mirrors, modern artwork and decorative plates fill the walls. Modern presentation of classic combinations with regional ingredients to the fore.

Suburban eatery with small pavement terrace, where neutral hues are offset by large canvasses and a colourful feature wall. Large, seasonally changing menus display an eclectic mix of dishes.

Intimate neighbourhood restaurant offering small à la carte or 9 course tasting menu. Precise cooking with a good combination of flavours; local, seasonal produce well used.

Simple, unpretentious cream-coloured building tucked away off the high street. Open-plan kitchen; homely, bistro feel. Good value, modern European menus. Polite, friendly service.

Smart, modern, glass-fronted restaurant with damson walls, velvet chairs and rustic tables. Appealing menu of traditional dishes with modern touches. Attentive, formal service.

Rustic neighbourhood eatery with simple, almost bohemian atmosphere. Hearty, flavourful cooking features generously proportioned, homemade British dishes. Only seasonal English produce used.

Traditional looking pub in a quiet part of town, with flowers on the windowsills, a few pavement tables and an appealing, single-roomed interior with a wooden bar at its centre. Menu offers light bites and classics with a modern twist.

Large, mirror-ceilinged dining room with vast chandeliers, candelabras, crisp linen and an elegant lounge, set in a landmark Victorian house. Constantly evolving menus and modern presentation.